Goldman Sachs Associate Experience  - July 2025

Background

• I have 4 years of experience and am based in India.
• A recruiter initially reached out to me through Naukri.
• The team I was interviewing for was Compliance Engineering.

Interview Structure

The overall interview process was structured as follows:

• Screening: HackerRank Online Assessment (2 hours)
• Round 0: CoderPad Interview (1 hour)
• SuperDay Rounds (Onsite Loop): These were scheduled for the same day.
• Round 1: Data Structures (1 hour)
• Round 2: Software Engineering Practices/DSA (1 hour)
• Round 3: Software Design and Architecture (1 hour) - I did not proceed to this round.
• Round 4: Hiring Manager Round - I did not proceed to this round.

Screening: HackerRank OA (2 hours)

I completed the HackerRank Online Assessment within 15–20 minutes. The questions were relatively easy.

Round 0: CoderPad Interview (1 hour)

This round involved two coding questions:

1. First Unique Character in a String: I used a two-pass fixed-size frequency array approach, achieving O(N) time complexity.
2. Trapping Rain Water: My chosen approach was a two-pointer scan from both ends, updating bounds and accumulating water.

I successfully coded the most optimal solutions for both problems, and all test cases passed.

SuperDay Round 1: Data Structures (1 hour)

This round focused on Data Structures with two problems:

1. Reverse Single-Linked-List in k-Groups
2. Longest Increasing Subsequence

SuperDay Round 2: Software Engineering Practices or DSA (1 hour)

I was given one main question for this round:

1. Shortest Path with K Hops/Free Edges

Unfortunately, I could only code this single question within the allocated hour, which meant I did not proceed to Round 3.

Verdict

I received a rejection after SuperDay Round 2.